diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index d5af6c7bc..7de3f9b7d 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 module GovernmentFrontend
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 7.1
+    config.load_defaults 7.2
 
     # Please, add to the `ignore` list any other `lib` subdirectories that do
     # not contain `.rb` files, or that should not be reloaded or eager loaded.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # the framework and any gems in your application.
 
     # Custom directories with classes and modules you want to be autoloadable.
-    config.autoload_paths += %W[#{config.root}/lib]
+    config.autoload_paths += %W[#{config.root}/lib #{config.root}/lib/helpers]
 
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
diff --git a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_2.rb b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_2.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b549c4a25..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_2.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
-#
-# This file eases your Rails 7.2 framework defaults upgrade.
-#
-# Uncomment each configuration one by one to switch to the new default.
-# Once your application is ready to run with all new defaults, you can remove
-# this file and set the `config.load_defaults` to `7.2`.
-#
-# Read the Guide for Upgrading Ruby on Rails for more info on each option.
-# https://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html
-
-###
-# Controls whether Active Job's `#perform_later` and similar methods automatically defer
-# the job queuing to after the current Active Record transaction is committed.
-#
-# Example:
-#   Topic.transaction do
-#     topic = Topic.create(...)
-#     NewTopicNotificationJob.perform_later(topic)
-#   end
-#
-# In this example, if the configuration is set to `:never`, the job will
-# be enqueued immediately, even though the `Topic` hasn't been committed yet.
-# Because of this, if the job is picked up almost immediately, or if the
-# transaction doesn't succeed for some reason, the job will fail to find this
-# topic in the database.
-#
-# If `enqueue_after_transaction_commit` is set to `:default`, the queue adapter
-# will define the behaviour.
-#
-# Note: Active Job backends can disable this feature. This is generally done by
-# backends that use the same database as Active Record as a queue, hence they
-# don't need this feature.
-#++
-# Rails.application.config.active_job.enqueue_after_transaction_commit = :default
-
-###
-# Adds image/webp to the list of content types Active Storage considers as an image
-# Prevents automatic conversion to a fallback PNG, and assumes clients support WebP, as they support gif, jpeg, and png.
-# This is possible due to broad browser support for WebP, but older browsers and email clients may still not support
-# WebP. Requires imagemagick/libvips built with WebP support.
-#++
-# Rails.application.config.active_storage.web_image_content_types = %w[image/png image/jpeg image/gif image/webp]
-
-###
-# Enable validation of migration timestamps. When set, an ActiveRecord::InvalidMigrationTimestampError
-# will be raised if the timestamp prefix for a migration is more than a day ahead of the timestamp
-# associated with the current time. This is done to prevent forward-dating of migration files, which can
-# impact migration generation and other migration commands.
-#
-# Applications with existing timestamped migrations that do not adhere to the
-# expected format can disable validation by setting this config to `false`.
-#++
-# Rails.application.config.active_record.validate_migration_timestamps = true
-
-###
-# Controls whether the PostgresqlAdapter should decode dates automatically with manual queries.
-#
-# Example:
-#   ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLAdapter.select_value("select '2024-01-01'::date") #=> Date
-#
-# This query used to return a `String`.
-#++
-# Rails.application.config.active_record.postgresql_adapter_decode_dates = true
-
-###
-# Enables YJIT as of Ruby 3.3, to bring sizeable performance improvements. If you are
-# deploying to a memory constrained environment you may want to set this to `false`.
-#++
-# Rails.application.config.yjit = true